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- the present disclosure relates to a projection display apparatus using a light source device including an excitation light source that emits blue excitation light and a phosphor that emits light in response to the excitation light.
- the projection display apparatus using a light source device including a light source that emits blue light and a phosphor wheel is disclosed in Patent Literature (Unexamined Japanese Patent Publication No. 2011-170362).
- This projection display apparatus includes a light guide optical system for emitting fluorescence and blue light with their optical paths and directions identical.
- This light guide optical system having a dichroic mirror separating blue light from fluorescence between the phosphor wheel and the excitation light source, is configured to repeatedly reflect blue light that has passed through the blue region of the phosphor wheel by means of three mirrors to return the blue light to this dichroic mirror.
- the present disclosure provides a light source device using a phosphor wheel that is capable of reducing mixture of blue light into fluorescence and of emitting colors with high color purity, and a projection display apparatus including the light source device.
- a phosphor wheel of the present disclosure includes a substrate, a phosphor region circularly provided on one surface of the substrate, a light processing region circularly provided on the other surface of the substrate (incident light enters the light processing region), a light processing body provided in the light processing region, a light-transmissive region provided in the substrate, and a drive device rotating the substrate.
- a light source device using a phosphor wheel of the present disclosure improves the chromaticity of red light and green light displayed by a projection display apparatus.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a phosphor wheel according to the first exemplary embodiment.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the configuration of a phosphor wheel according to the second exemplary embodiment.
- FIG. 3 illustrates the configuration of a phosphor wheel according to the third exemplary embodiment.
- FIG. 4 illustrates the configuration of a phosphor wheel according to the fourth exemplary embodiment.
- FIG. 5A illustrates the configuration of a light source device according to the fifth exemplary embodiment.
- FIG. 5B illustrates the configuration of the light source device according to the fifth exemplary embodiment.
- FIG. 6 illustrates the configuration of a light source device according to the sixth exemplary embodiment.
- FIG. 7 illustrates the configuration of a projection display apparatus according to the seventh exemplary embodiment.
- one surface of a phosphor wheel is referred to as a front surface; the other surface, a back surface.
- FIG. 1 illustrates the configuration of phosphor wheel 100 according to the embodiment.
- FIG. 1( a ) illustrates the front surface of phosphor wheel 100 .
- FIG. 1( b ) is a sectional view of phosphor wheel 100 taken along line 1 b - 1 b of FIG. 1( a ) .
- FIG. 1( c ) is a plan view of the back surface of phosphor wheel 100 .
- phosphor wheel 100 is composed of disk-shaped metal substrate 110 , phosphor film 120 circularly provided on the front surface (one surface) of substrate 110 , light processing region 140 circularly provided on the back surface (the other surface) of substrate 110 and processing incident light, and motor 150 circumferentially rotating substrate 110 .
- motor 150 is an example of a drive device.
- the rotation axis of motor 150 corresponds to the center of substrate 110 .
- Substrate 110 and phosphor film 120 are concentrically provided.
- Excitation light L 1 enters one point inside phosphor film 120 shown in FIG. 1( a ) from the front surface of phosphor wheel 100 .
- Back-surface incident light L 2 enters the back surface of the position entered by excitation light L 1 from the back surface of phosphor wheel 100 .
- phosphor film 120 is excited by excitation light L 1 that has entered phosphor film 120 to emit fluorescence L 11 .
- Phosphor film 120 can be produced by bonding a ceramic phosphor to substrate 110 with an adhesive for example.
- a ceramic phosphor used for phosphor film 120 include YAG phosphor and LAG phosphor, which are cerium-activated garnet structure phosphors.
- One phosphor wheel 100 may use one or more types of phosphor film 120 .
- phosphor wheel 100 is made of two types: red phosphor film 120 R and green phosphor film 120 G as shown in FIG. 1( a ) .
- FIG. 1( b ) shows configuration 160 a of the principal part of phosphor wheel 100 .
- red fluorescence of fluorescence L 11 emitted when excitation light L 1 has entered red phosphor film 120 R is assumed to be red fluorescence L 11 R.
- Green fluorescence emitted when excitation light L 1 has entered green phosphor film 120 G is assumed to be green fluorescence L 11 G (unillustrated).
- substrate 110 of phosphor wheel 100 is provided with three regions circumferentially.
- each of angle region ⁇ R and angle region ⁇ G is an example of a phosphor region.
- angle region ⁇ B where opening 130 is provided is an example of a light-transmissive region.
- Light processing region 140 for processing incident light provided in the back surface of phosphor film 120 (refer to FIG. 1( a ) ) of angle regions ⁇ R and ⁇ G of substrate 110 of phosphor wheel 100 .
- Light processing region 140 has light absorption layer 140 a as a light processing body on substrate 110 .
- Light absorption layer 140 a can be produced by the following process for example. That is, a metal plate with a coat of black anodized aluminum is fixed on the back side of substrate 110 . Alternatively, a heat-resistant, black coloring agent is applied on the back surface of substrate 110 .
- FIGS. 1 and 2 a description is made of the configuration of a phosphor wheel according to this embodiment using FIGS. 1 and 2 .
- FIG. 2 illustrates configuration 160 b of the principal part according to the embodiment, of phosphor wheel 100 .
- the configuration of light processing region 140 provided on the back surface of substrate 110 is different from that of phosphor wheel 100 of the first embodiment; the others are the same as those of the first embodiment, and thus their descriptions are omitted.
- phosphor wheel 100 has light diffusion layer 140 b (refer to FIG. 2 ) that diffuse-reflects light that has entered as a light processing body in light processing region 140 (refer to FIG. 1 ), instead of light absorption layer 140 a (refer to FIG. 1 ).
- back-surface incident light L 2 enters light diffusion layer 140 b
- back-surface reflected light L 3 b is emitted from the back surface.
- the diffusion angle of back-surface reflected light L 3 b is desirably as large as possible.
- Light diffusion layer 140 b can be produced as well either by forming a light diffusion film on the back surface of substrate 110 or by fixing a glass plate with a light diffusion film to the back surface of substrate 110 for example.
- FIG. 3 illustrates configuration 160 c of the principal part according to the embodiment, of phosphor wheel 100 .
- the configuration of light processing region 140 provided on the back surface of substrate 110 is different from that of phosphor wheel 100 of the first embodiment; the others are the same as those of the first embodiment, and thus their descriptions are omitted.
- phosphor wheel 100 has light reflection fin 140 c (refer to FIG. 3 ) disposed with inclination relative to the surface of substrate 110 as a light processing body in light processing region 140 (refer to FIG. 1 ), instead of light absorption layer 140 a (refer to FIG. 1 ).
- light reflection fin 140 c is an example of a light reflection layer disposed with inclination.
- light reflection fin 140 c is inclined relative to substrate 110 so that the optical axes of back-surface incident light L 2 and back-surface reflected light L 3 c do not agree with each other.
- light reflection fin 140 c is disposed with an inclination of 20 degrees relative to the back surface of substrate 110 so that the optical axis of back-surface incident light L 2 is vertical to substrate 110 and the angle formed by the axes of back-surface incident light L 2 and back-surface reflected light L 3 c is 40 degrees.
- Light reflection fin 140 c can be produced as well either by integrally molding substrate 110 with a bumpy back surface or by fixing a bent metal plate to the back surface of substrate 110 for example.
- FIG. 4 illustrates configuration 160 d of the principal part according to the embodiment, of phosphor wheel 100 .
- the configuration of light processing region 140 provided on the back surface of substrate 110 is different from that of phosphor wheel 100 of the first embodiment; the others are the same as those of the first embodiment, and thus their descriptions are omitted.
- phosphor wheel 100 has phosphor film 140 d (refer to FIG. 4 ) that emits light with a wavelength different from that of light that enters as a light processing body in light processing region 140 (refer to FIG. 1 ), instead of light absorption layer 140 a (refer to FIG. 1 ).
- fluorescence L 21 is light with a wavelength different from that of light that enters phosphor film 140 d , and any wavelength may be used as long as it is different from that of back-surface incident light L 2 .
- Phosphor film 140 d can be produced as well by bonding a phosphor to the back surface of substrate 110 with an adhesive for example in the same way as phosphor film 120 described above.
- FIGS. 5A and 5B illustrate the configuration according to the embodiment, of light source device 500 .
- FIG. 5A illustrates a state where excitation light is exciting phosphor film 120 .
- FIG. 5B illustrates a state where excitation light is passing through opening 130 .
- the embodiment exemplifies a case where light source device 500 eventually emits red, green, and blue light successively following the rotation of phosphor wheel 100 .
- light source device 500 includes light source unit 510 ; diffusion plate 523 ; dichroic mirror 531 ; phosphor wheel 100 , rod integrator 550 ; lenses 521 , 522 , 532 , 533 , 534 , 541 , 542 , 544 , 546 , and 548 ; and mirrors 543 , 545 , and 547 .
- light source device 500 incorporates phosphor wheel 100 according to one of the embodiments first to third.
- Phosphor wheel 100 is placed so that the front surface with phosphor film 120 (refer to FIG. 1 ) formed thereon faces lens 533 (refer to FIGS. 5A and 5B ) and the back surface with light processing region 140 (refer to FIG. 1 ) provided thereon faces lens 541 (refer to FIGS. 5A and 5B ). Then, phosphor wheel 100 is rotating in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1( a ) .
- Light source unit 510 is composed of multiple solid light sources such as a laser diode (LD: laser diode) and an LED (LED: light emitting diode); and multiple collimator lenses.
- laser diode 511 emitting blue light is used as a solid light source.
- Light emitted from laser diodes 511 is collimated by collimator lenses 512 each disposed at the emitting sides of laser diodes 511 .
- the wavelength of blue light L 50 emitted from light source unit 510 is 455 nm for example.
- light source unit 510 is an example of an excitation light source.
- Blue light L 50 emitted from light source unit 510 passes through lens 521 , lens 522 , and diffusion plate 523 to enter dichroic mirror 531 .
- Dichroic mirror 531 is produced to have characteristics that transmit blue light and reflect light of the other colors. Actually, however, the transmittance of dichroic mirror 531 for blue light is not 100%; some of it is reflected. In this embodiment, most of blue light L 50 that has entered dichroic mirror 531 passes through dichroic mirror 531 and heads to the front surface of phosphor wheel 100 as excitation light L 1 . Meanwhile, part of blue light L 50 that has entered dichroic mirror 531 is reflected on dichroic mirror 531 and heads to the back surface of phosphor wheel 100 as back-surface incident light L 2 . In other words, blue light L 50 branches to excitation light L 1 and back-surface incident light L 2 by means of dichroic mirror 531 .
- Excitation light L 1 is collected by lenses 532 and 533 and enters the front surface of phosphor wheel 100 . At this time, excitation light L 1 , following the rotation of phosphor wheel 100 , enters red phosphor film 120 R in angle region ⁇ R, green phosphor film 120 G in angle region ⁇ G, and opening 130 in angle region ⁇ B in this sequence, shown in FIG. 1( a ) .
- fluorescence L 11 (red fluorescence L 11 R, green fluorescence L 11 G) is emitted as shown in FIG. 5A .
- Fluorescence L 11 that has been emitted from the front surface of phosphor wheel 100 passes through lens 533 and lens 532 in sequence, is reflected on dichroic mirror 531 , passes through lens 534 , and then enters rod integrator 550 . Subsequently, fluorescence L 11 is uniformized in rod integrator 550 and is emitted from the surface opposite to the surface that fluorescence L 11 has entered.
- rod integrator 550 is a solid rod made of a transparent material such as glass.
- excitation light L 1 When entering opening 130 , excitation light L 1 enters lens 541 as shown in FIG. 5B . Subsequently, excitation light L 1 travels through lens 542 , mirror 543 , lens 544 , mirror 545 , lens 546 , mirror 547 , and lens 548 in sequence, and then enters dichroic mirror 531 . Next, excitation light L 1 passes through dichroic mirror 531 , passes through lens 534 with its optical path and direction same as those of fluorescence L 11 in FIG. 5A , and then enters rod integrator 550 . Subsequently, excitation light L 1 is uniformized in rod integrator 550 , and is emitted from the surface opposite to the surface that excitation light L 1 has entered.
- a relay optical system is configured of dichroic mirror 531 , lens 541 , lens 542 , mirror 543 , lens 544 , mirror 545 , lens 546 , mirror 547 , and lens 548 .
- This relay optical system is an example of a light guide optical system that guides light from an excitation light source to phosphor wheel 100 and to given one surface with the optical path and direction same as those of fluorescence from the phosphor region of phosphor wheel 100 and of light that has passed through the light transmitting part of phosphor wheel 100 .
- the incident surface of rod integrator 550 is an example of given one surface.
- Back-surface incident light L 2 travels through lens 548 , mirror 547 , lens 546 , mirror 545 , lens 544 , mirror 543 , lens 542 , and lens 541 in sequence, and then enters the back surface of phosphor wheel 100 .
- back-surface incident light L 2 following the rotation of phosphor wheel 100 , enters light processing region 140 in angle region ⁇ R, light processing region 140 in angle region ⁇ G, and opening 130 in angle region ⁇ B in this sequence, shown in FIG. 1( c ) .
- back-surface incident light L 2 enters light processing region 140
- part of reflected light that is back-surface incident light L 2 reflected on the back surface enters lens 541 as back-surface reflected light L 3 .
- Back-surface reflected light L 3 travels through lens 542 , mirror 543 , lens 544 , mirror 545 , lens 546 , mirror 547 , and lens 548 in sequence, and then enters dichroic mirror 531 .
- back-surface reflected light L 3 passes through dichroic mirror 531 , passes through lens 534 , and then enters rod integrator 550 .
- back-surface reflected light L 3 is uniformized in rod integrator 550 , and then is emitted from the surface opposite to the surface that back-surface reflected light L 3 has entered.
- light processing region 140 is disposed on the back surface of the region where phosphor films 120 in angle region ⁇ R and angle region ⁇ G of phosphor wheel 100 are formed. Accordingly, the following two actions occur simultaneously. One is that back-surface incident light L 2 enters the back surface of phosphor wheel 100 and back-surface reflected light L 3 is emitted in light source device 500 . The other is that excitation light L 1 enters phosphor film 120 on the front surface of phosphor wheel 100 and fluorescence L 11 (red fluorescence L 11 R, green fluorescence L 11 G) are emitted. Hence, back-surface reflected light L 3 enters rod integrator 550 simultaneously with fluorescence L 11 , to cause mixture of colors. At this moment, a higher optical intensity of back-surface reflected light L 3 leads to a lower color purity of red light (red fluorescence L 11 R) and green light (green fluorescence L 11 G) emitted from light source device 500 .
- phosphor wheel 100 provided with light processing region 140 including any one of the light processing bodies described in the embodiments first to third reduces the optical intensity of back-surface reflected light L 3 that enters lens 541 and is emitted from rod integrator 550 .
- Light source device 500 incorporating phosphor wheel 100 of the first embodiment is to change configuration 160 of part of phosphor wheel 100 shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B to configuration 160 a shown in FIG. 1( b ) .
- light processing region 140 has light absorption layer 140 a , which does not cause back-surface reflected light L 3 substantially. This prevents blue light from being mixed into fluorescence, which allows emitting colors with high color purity to be emitted.
- Light source device 500 incorporating phosphor wheel 100 of the second embodiment is to change configuration 160 of part of phosphor wheel 100 shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B to configuration 160 b shown in FIG. 2 .
- light processing region 140 has light diffusion layer 140 b .
- Reflected light thus generated becomes back-surface reflected light L 3 b, which spreads to a large degree.
- most of reflected light L 3 b passes through outside the effective diameter of lens 541 ; only small part of it enters lens 541 . This prevents blue light from being mixed into fluorescence, which allows emitting colors with high color purity to be emitted.
- Light source device 500 incorporating phosphor wheel 100 of the third embodiment is to change configuration 160 of part of phosphor wheel 100 shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B to configuration 160 c shown in FIG. 3 .
- light processing region 140 has light reflection fin 140 c .
- This increases the angle formed by the optical axis of back-surface reflected light L 3 c generated and the optical axis (the central axis of lens 541 ) of back-surface incident light L 2 .
- most of reflected light L 3 c passes through outside the effective diameter of lens 541 ; no part of it enters lens 541 . This prevents blue light from being mixed into fluorescence, which allows emitting colors with high color purity to be emitted.
- FIG. 6 illustrates the configuration according to the embodiment, of light source device 500 .
- the embodiment exemplifies a case where light source device 500 eventually emits red, green, and blue light successively following the rotation of phosphor wheel 100 .
- light source device 500 incorporates phosphor wheel 100 (refer to FIG. 4 ) according to the fourth embodiment.
- the other components are the same as those of the fifth embodiment (refer to FIGS. 5A and 5B ), and thus their duplicate descriptions are omitted.
- fluorescence L 21 that has entered lens 541 travels through lens 542 , mirror 543 , lens 544 , mirror 545 , lens 546 , mirror 547 , and lens 548 in sequence, and then enters dichroic mirror 531 .
- fluorescence L 21 is reflected on dichroic mirror 531 to head to light source unit 510 .
- fluorescence L 21 has a wavelength different from that of blue back-surface incident light L 2 that has undergone conversion of its wavelength by phosphor film 140 d , where it is only required that the wavelength is that of light reflected on dichroic mirror 531 .
- FIG. 7 illustrates the configuration of projection display apparatus 700 according to the embodiment.
- the embodiment exemplifies a case where projection display apparatus 700 emits red, green, and blue light successively as image light following the rotation of phosphor wheel 100 .
- projection display apparatus 700 includes light source device 500 , digital micro-mirror device (DMD) 730 , total reflection prism 720 , projection lens 740 , and some other lenses.
- DMD digital micro-mirror device
- projection display apparatus 700 incorporates light source device 500 according to either the fifth or sixth embodiment.
- Light source device 500 successively emits red, green, and blue light, each uniformized and having high color purity. As shown in FIG. 7 , they are propagated through lens 711 , lens 712 , lens 713 , and triangular prism 721 as total reflection prism 720 , and then enter DMD 730 .
- projection display apparatus 700 incorporates one DMD, which is DMD 730 .
- DMD 730 is composed of some minute mirrors, which are movable. Each minute mirror basically corresponds to one pixel. DMD 730 changes the angle of each minute mirror in response to an image signal (modulating operation) to change whether or not light is reflected toward projection lens 740 .
- An image signal fed to DMD 730 is synchronized with the rotation of phosphor wheel 100 , and DMD 730 expresses gradation of red, green, and blue light correspondingly to time when they successively enter DMD 730 .
- An image light generated by modulation by DMD 730 passes through triangular prisms 721 and 722 to enter projection lens 740 .
- the image light that has entered projection lens 740 is enlarged/projected onto a screen (unillustrated).
- exemplification is made of a case where substrate 110 of phosphor wheel 100 is produced from metal and angle region ⁇ B is provided with opening 130 . Otherwise, a case may be accepted where substrate 110 is made of a glass plate and angle region ⁇ B made of glass has an antireflection film formed on its surface.
- dichroic mirror 531 of light source device 500 uses a material that transmits blue light and reflects other colors. Conversely, the following arrangement may be made. That is, dichroic mirror 531 uses a material that reflects blue light and transmits other colors, and accordingly the disposition of light source unit 510 , lens 521 , lens 522 and diffusion plate 523 , and lens 534 and rod integrator 550 is appropriately changed.
- rod integrator 550 of light source device 500 is a solid rod made of a transparent material such as glass. Otherwise, rod integrator 550 may be a hollow rod with its inner wall formed of mirror surfaces.
- a projection display apparatus using one DMD is exemplified as projection display apparatus 700 .
- image display device 700 may be a projection display apparatus using two DMDs.
- the following optical configuration can be made for example. That is, an appropriate color separation element is used to introduce red and blue light to one DMD and green light to the other DMD. Besides, an element that separates yellow light into red and green light simplifies phosphor film 120 of phosphor wheel 100 as a single yellow phosphor film.
- the present disclosure is applicable to a projection display apparatus such as a projector.
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- The present disclosure relates to a projection display apparatus using a light source device including an excitation light source that emits blue excitation light and a phosphor that emits light in response to the excitation light.
- The projection display apparatus using a light source device including a light source that emits blue light and a phosphor wheel is disclosed in Patent Literature (Unexamined Japanese Patent Publication No. 2011-170362). This projection display apparatus includes a light guide optical system for emitting fluorescence and blue light with their optical paths and directions identical. This light guide optical system, having a dichroic mirror separating blue light from fluorescence between the phosphor wheel and the excitation light source, is configured to repeatedly reflect blue light that has passed through the blue region of the phosphor wheel by means of three mirrors to return the blue light to this dichroic mirror.
- The present disclosure provides a light source device using a phosphor wheel that is capable of reducing mixture of blue light into fluorescence and of emitting colors with high color purity, and a projection display apparatus including the light source device.
- A phosphor wheel of the present disclosure includes a substrate, a phosphor region circularly provided on one surface of the substrate, a light processing region circularly provided on the other surface of the substrate (incident light enters the light processing region), a light processing body provided in the light processing region, a light-transmissive region provided in the substrate, and a drive device rotating the substrate.
- A light source device using a phosphor wheel of the present disclosure improves the chromaticity of red light and green light displayed by a projection display apparatus.
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FIG. 1 illustrates a phosphor wheel according to the first exemplary embodiment. -
FIG. 2 illustrates the configuration of a phosphor wheel according to the second exemplary embodiment. -
FIG. 3 illustrates the configuration of a phosphor wheel according to the third exemplary embodiment. -
FIG. 4 illustrates the configuration of a phosphor wheel according to the fourth exemplary embodiment. -
FIG. 5A illustrates the configuration of a light source device according to the fifth exemplary embodiment. -
FIG. 5B illustrates the configuration of the light source device according to the fifth exemplary embodiment. -
FIG. 6 illustrates the configuration of a light source device according to the sixth exemplary embodiment. -
FIG. 7 illustrates the configuration of a projection display apparatus according to the seventh exemplary embodiment. - Hereinafter, a detailed description is made of some embodiments with reference to the related drawings as appropriate. However, a detailed description more than necessary may be omitted, such as a description of a well-known item and a duplicate description for a substantially identical component, to avoid an unnecessarily redundant description and to allow those skilled in the art to easily understand the following description.
- Note that the accompanying drawings and the following description are provided for those skilled in the art to well understand the disclosure, and it is not intended that the drawings and the description limit the subjects described in the claims.
- Here, one surface of a phosphor wheel is referred to as a front surface; the other surface, a back surface.
- Hereinafter, a description is made of the configuration of a phosphor wheel according to this embodiment using
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FIG. 1 illustrates the configuration ofphosphor wheel 100 according to the embodiment.FIG. 1(a) illustrates the front surface ofphosphor wheel 100.FIG. 1(b) is a sectional view ofphosphor wheel 100 taken alongline 1 b-1 b ofFIG. 1(a) .FIG. 1(c) is a plan view of the back surface ofphosphor wheel 100. - As shown in
FIG. 1 ,phosphor wheel 100 is composed of disk-shaped metal substrate 110,phosphor film 120 circularly provided on the front surface (one surface) ofsubstrate 110,light processing region 140 circularly provided on the back surface (the other surface) ofsubstrate 110 and processing incident light, andmotor 150 circumferentially rotatingsubstrate 110. Here,motor 150 is an example of a drive device. - The rotation axis of
motor 150 corresponds to the center ofsubstrate 110.Substrate 110 andphosphor film 120 are concentrically provided. - Excitation light L1 enters one point inside
phosphor film 120 shown inFIG. 1(a) from the front surface ofphosphor wheel 100. Back-surface incident light L2 enters the back surface of the position entered by excitation light L1 from the back surface ofphosphor wheel 100. - As shown in
FIG. 1(b) ,phosphor film 120 is excited by excitation light L1 that has enteredphosphor film 120 to emit fluorescence L11.Phosphor film 120 can be produced by bonding a ceramic phosphor tosubstrate 110 with an adhesive for example. Examples of a ceramic phosphor used forphosphor film 120 include YAG phosphor and LAG phosphor, which are cerium-activated garnet structure phosphors. - One
phosphor wheel 100 may use one or more types ofphosphor film 120. In this embodiment,phosphor wheel 100 is made of two types:red phosphor film 120R andgreen phosphor film 120G as shown inFIG. 1(a) .FIG. 1(b) showsconfiguration 160 a of the principal part ofphosphor wheel 100. As shown inFIG. 1(b) , red fluorescence of fluorescence L11 emitted when excitation light L1 has enteredred phosphor film 120R is assumed to be red fluorescence L11R. Green fluorescence emitted when excitation light L1 has enteredgreen phosphor film 120G is assumed to be green fluorescence L11G (unillustrated). - As shown in
FIG. 1(a) ,substrate 110 ofphosphor wheel 100 is provided with three regions circumferentially. There isred phosphor film 120R formed on the first region (angle region θR) in the front surface ofsubstrate 110. There isgreen phosphor film 120G formed on the second region (angle region θG) in the front surface ofsubstrate 110. Here, each of angle region θR and angle region θG is an example of a phosphor region. There is opening 130 formed in the third region (angle region θB) ofsubstrate 110 so that excitation light L1 is transmitted when it has entered.Opening 130 is circularly provided insubstrate 110 so as to be disposed on the same circumference as that ofphosphor film 120. Here, angle region θB where opening 130 is provided is an example of a light-transmissive region. - As shown in
FIG. 1(c) , there islight processing region 140 for processing incident light provided in the back surface of phosphor film 120 (refer toFIG. 1(a) ) of angle regions θR and θG ofsubstrate 110 ofphosphor wheel 100.Light processing region 140 haslight absorption layer 140 a as a light processing body onsubstrate 110. - As shown in
FIG. 1(b) , back-surface incident light L2, when enteringlight absorption layer 140 a, is absorbed, which does not substantially cause reflected light.Light absorption layer 140 a can be produced by the following process for example. That is, a metal plate with a coat of black anodized aluminum is fixed on the back side ofsubstrate 110. Alternatively, a heat-resistant, black coloring agent is applied on the back surface ofsubstrate 110. - Hereinafter, a description is made of the configuration of a phosphor wheel according to this embodiment using
FIGS. 1 and 2 . -
FIG. 2 illustratesconfiguration 160 b of the principal part according to the embodiment, ofphosphor wheel 100. In the embodiment, the configuration oflight processing region 140 provided on the back surface ofsubstrate 110 is different from that ofphosphor wheel 100 of the first embodiment; the others are the same as those of the first embodiment, and thus their descriptions are omitted. - In the embodiment,
phosphor wheel 100 haslight diffusion layer 140 b (refer toFIG. 2 ) that diffuse-reflects light that has entered as a light processing body in light processing region 140 (refer toFIG. 1 ), instead oflight absorption layer 140 a (refer toFIG. 1 ). - As shown in
FIG. 2 , when back-surface incident light L2 enterslight diffusion layer 140 b, back-surface reflected light L3 b is emitted from the back surface. The diffusion angle of back-surface reflected light L3 b is desirably as large as possible. -
Light diffusion layer 140 b can be produced as well either by forming a light diffusion film on the back surface ofsubstrate 110 or by fixing a glass plate with a light diffusion film to the back surface ofsubstrate 110 for example. - Hereinafter, a description is made of the configuration according to this embodiment of, a phosphor wheel using
FIGS. 1 and 3 . -
FIG. 3 illustratesconfiguration 160 c of the principal part according to the embodiment, ofphosphor wheel 100. In the embodiment, the configuration oflight processing region 140 provided on the back surface ofsubstrate 110 is different from that ofphosphor wheel 100 of the first embodiment; the others are the same as those of the first embodiment, and thus their descriptions are omitted. - In this embodiment,
phosphor wheel 100 haslight reflection fin 140 c (refer toFIG. 3 ) disposed with inclination relative to the surface ofsubstrate 110 as a light processing body in light processing region 140 (refer toFIG. 1 ), instead oflight absorption layer 140 a (refer toFIG. 1 ). Here,light reflection fin 140 c is an example of a light reflection layer disposed with inclination. - As shown in
FIG. 3 , when back-surface incident light L2 enterslight reflection fin 140 c, back-surface reflected light L3 c is emitted from the back surface.Light reflection fin 140 c is inclined relative tosubstrate 110 so that the optical axes of back-surface incident light L2 and back-surface reflected light L3 c do not agree with each other. For example,light reflection fin 140 c is disposed with an inclination of 20 degrees relative to the back surface ofsubstrate 110 so that the optical axis of back-surface incident light L2 is vertical tosubstrate 110 and the angle formed by the axes of back-surface incident light L2 and back-surface reflected light L3 c is 40 degrees. There may be either one or morelight reflection fins 140 c. -
Light reflection fin 140 c can be produced as well either by integrally moldingsubstrate 110 with a bumpy back surface or by fixing a bent metal plate to the back surface ofsubstrate 110 for example. - Hereinafter, a description is made of the configuration according to this embodiment of a phosphor wheel using
FIGS. 1 and 4 . -
FIG. 4 illustratesconfiguration 160 d of the principal part according to the embodiment, ofphosphor wheel 100. In the embodiment, the configuration oflight processing region 140 provided on the back surface ofsubstrate 110 is different from that ofphosphor wheel 100 of the first embodiment; the others are the same as those of the first embodiment, and thus their descriptions are omitted. - In this embodiment,
phosphor wheel 100 hasphosphor film 140 d (refer toFIG. 4 ) that emits light with a wavelength different from that of light that enters as a light processing body in light processing region 140 (refer toFIG. 1 ), instead oflight absorption layer 140 a (refer toFIG. 1 ). - As shown in
FIG. 4 , when back-surface incident light L2 entersphosphor film 140 d,phosphor film 140 d is excited by back-surface incident light L2 to emit fluorescence L21 excited by back-surface incident light L2. Here, fluorescence L21 is light with a wavelength different from that of light that entersphosphor film 140 d, and any wavelength may be used as long as it is different from that of back-surface incident light L2. -
Phosphor film 140 d can be produced as well by bonding a phosphor to the back surface ofsubstrate 110 with an adhesive for example in the same way asphosphor film 120 described above. - Hereinafter, a description is made of the configuration according to this embodiment, of a light source device using
FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 5A, and 5B . -
FIGS. 5A and 5B illustrate the configuration according to the embodiment, oflight source device 500. In more detail,FIG. 5A illustrates a state where excitation light isexciting phosphor film 120.FIG. 5B illustrates a state where excitation light is passing throughopening 130. The embodiment exemplifies a case wherelight source device 500 eventually emits red, green, and blue light successively following the rotation ofphosphor wheel 100. - As shown in
FIGS. 5A and 5B ,light source device 500 includeslight source unit 510;diffusion plate 523;dichroic mirror 531;phosphor wheel 100,rod integrator 550;lenses - In this embodiment,
light source device 500 incorporatesphosphor wheel 100 according to one of the embodiments first to third.Phosphor wheel 100 is placed so that the front surface with phosphor film 120 (refer toFIG. 1 ) formed thereon faces lens 533 (refer toFIGS. 5A and 5B ) and the back surface with light processing region 140 (refer toFIG. 1 ) provided thereon faces lens 541 (refer toFIGS. 5A and 5B ). Then,phosphor wheel 100 is rotating in the direction of the arrow inFIG. 1(a) . -
Light source unit 510 is composed of multiple solid light sources such as a laser diode (LD: laser diode) and an LED (LED: light emitting diode); and multiple collimator lenses. In this embodiment,laser diode 511 emitting blue light is used as a solid light source. Light emitted fromlaser diodes 511 is collimated bycollimator lenses 512 each disposed at the emitting sides oflaser diodes 511. - The wavelength of blue light L50 emitted from
light source unit 510 is 455 nm for example. Here,light source unit 510 is an example of an excitation light source. - Blue light L50 emitted from
light source unit 510 passes throughlens 521,lens 522, anddiffusion plate 523 to enterdichroic mirror 531. -
Dichroic mirror 531 is produced to have characteristics that transmit blue light and reflect light of the other colors. Actually, however, the transmittance ofdichroic mirror 531 for blue light is not 100%; some of it is reflected. In this embodiment, most of blue light L50 that has entereddichroic mirror 531 passes throughdichroic mirror 531 and heads to the front surface ofphosphor wheel 100 as excitation light L1. Meanwhile, part of blue light L50 that has entereddichroic mirror 531 is reflected ondichroic mirror 531 and heads to the back surface ofphosphor wheel 100 as back-surface incident light L2. In other words, blue light L50 branches to excitation light L1 and back-surface incident light L2 by means ofdichroic mirror 531. - First, a description is made of the optical path of excitation light L1.
- Excitation light L1 is collected by
lenses phosphor wheel 100. At this time, excitation light L1, following the rotation ofphosphor wheel 100, entersred phosphor film 120R in angle region θR,green phosphor film 120G in angle region θG, andopening 130 in angle region θB in this sequence, shown inFIG. 1(a) . - When excitation light L1 enters
phosphor film 120, fluorescence L11 (red fluorescence L11R, green fluorescence L11G) is emitted as shown inFIG. 5A . Fluorescence L11 that has been emitted from the front surface ofphosphor wheel 100 passes throughlens 533 andlens 532 in sequence, is reflected ondichroic mirror 531, passes throughlens 534, and then entersrod integrator 550. Subsequently, fluorescence L11 is uniformized inrod integrator 550 and is emitted from the surface opposite to the surface that fluorescence L11 has entered. In this embodiment,rod integrator 550 is a solid rod made of a transparent material such as glass. - When entering
opening 130, excitation light L1 enterslens 541 as shown inFIG. 5B . Subsequently, excitation light L1 travels throughlens 542,mirror 543,lens 544,mirror 545,lens 546,mirror 547, andlens 548 in sequence, and then entersdichroic mirror 531. Next, excitation light L1 passes throughdichroic mirror 531, passes throughlens 534 with its optical path and direction same as those of fluorescence L11 inFIG. 5A , and then entersrod integrator 550. Subsequently, excitation light L1 is uniformized inrod integrator 550, and is emitted from the surface opposite to the surface that excitation light L1 has entered. - Here, a relay optical system is configured of
dichroic mirror 531,lens 541,lens 542,mirror 543,lens 544,mirror 545,lens 546,mirror 547, andlens 548. This relay optical system is an example of a light guide optical system that guides light from an excitation light source tophosphor wheel 100 and to given one surface with the optical path and direction same as those of fluorescence from the phosphor region ofphosphor wheel 100 and of light that has passed through the light transmitting part ofphosphor wheel 100. The incident surface ofrod integrator 550 is an example of given one surface. - Next, a description is made of the optical path of back-surface incident light L2.
- Back-surface incident light L2 travels through
lens 548,mirror 547,lens 546,mirror 545,lens 544,mirror 543,lens 542, andlens 541 in sequence, and then enters the back surface ofphosphor wheel 100. At this time, back-surface incident light L2, following the rotation ofphosphor wheel 100, enterslight processing region 140 in angle region θR,light processing region 140 in angle region θG, andopening 130 in angle region θB in this sequence, shown inFIG. 1(c) . - When back-surface incident light L2 enters
light processing region 140, if the back surface itself ofsubstrate 110 is exposed as a result thatlight processing region 140 is not applied with a light processing body, part of reflected light that is back-surface incident light L2 reflected on the back surface enterslens 541 as back-surface reflected light L3. Back-surface reflected light L3 travels throughlens 542,mirror 543,lens 544,mirror 545,lens 546,mirror 547, andlens 548 in sequence, and then entersdichroic mirror 531. Next, back-surface reflected light L3 passes throughdichroic mirror 531, passes throughlens 534, and then entersrod integrator 550. Subsequently, back-surface reflected light L3 is uniformized inrod integrator 550, and then is emitted from the surface opposite to the surface that back-surface reflected light L3 has entered. - Here, as shown in
FIG. 1 ,light processing region 140 is disposed on the back surface of the region wherephosphor films 120 in angle region θR and angle region θG ofphosphor wheel 100 are formed. Accordingly, the following two actions occur simultaneously. One is that back-surface incident light L2 enters the back surface ofphosphor wheel 100 and back-surface reflected light L3 is emitted inlight source device 500. The other is that excitation light L1 entersphosphor film 120 on the front surface ofphosphor wheel 100 and fluorescence L11 (red fluorescence L11R, green fluorescence L11G) are emitted. Hence, back-surface reflected light L3 entersrod integrator 550 simultaneously with fluorescence L11, to cause mixture of colors. At this moment, a higher optical intensity of back-surface reflected light L3 leads to a lower color purity of red light (red fluorescence L11R) and green light (green fluorescence L11G) emitted fromlight source device 500. - However,
phosphor wheel 100 provided withlight processing region 140 including any one of the light processing bodies described in the embodiments first to third reduces the optical intensity of back-surface reflected light L3 that enterslens 541 and is emitted fromrod integrator 550. -
Light source device 500 incorporatingphosphor wheel 100 of the first embodiment is to changeconfiguration 160 of part ofphosphor wheel 100 shown inFIGS. 5A and 5B toconfiguration 160 a shown inFIG. 1(b) . Thus,light processing region 140 haslight absorption layer 140 a, which does not cause back-surface reflected light L3 substantially. This prevents blue light from being mixed into fluorescence, which allows emitting colors with high color purity to be emitted. -
Light source device 500 incorporatingphosphor wheel 100 of the second embodiment is to changeconfiguration 160 of part ofphosphor wheel 100 shown inFIGS. 5A and 5B toconfiguration 160 b shown inFIG. 2 . Thus,light processing region 140 haslight diffusion layer 140 b. Reflected light thus generated becomes back-surface reflected light L3 b, which spreads to a large degree. As a result, most of reflected light L3 b passes through outside the effective diameter oflens 541; only small part of it enterslens 541. This prevents blue light from being mixed into fluorescence, which allows emitting colors with high color purity to be emitted. -
Light source device 500 incorporatingphosphor wheel 100 of the third embodiment is to changeconfiguration 160 of part ofphosphor wheel 100 shown inFIGS. 5A and 5B toconfiguration 160 c shown inFIG. 3 . Thus,light processing region 140 haslight reflection fin 140 c. This increases the angle formed by the optical axis of back-surface reflected light L3 c generated and the optical axis (the central axis of lens 541) of back-surface incident light L2. As a result, most of reflected light L3 c passes through outside the effective diameter oflens 541; no part of it enterslens 541. This prevents blue light from being mixed into fluorescence, which allows emitting colors with high color purity to be emitted. - Hereinafter, a description is made of the configuration according to this embodiment, of a light source device using
FIGS. 1, 4, 5A, 5B, and 6 . -
FIG. 6 illustrates the configuration according to the embodiment, oflight source device 500. The embodiment exemplifies a case wherelight source device 500 eventually emits red, green, and blue light successively following the rotation ofphosphor wheel 100. - In this embodiment,
light source device 500 incorporates phosphor wheel 100 (refer toFIG. 4 ) according to the fourth embodiment. The other components are the same as those of the fifth embodiment (refer toFIGS. 5A and 5B ), and thus their duplicate descriptions are omitted. - As shown in
FIG. 4 , when enteringlight processing region 140, blue back-surface incident light L2 undergoes conversion of its wavelength byphosphor film 140 d to become fluorescence L21. As shown inFIG. 6 , fluorescence L21 that has enteredlens 541 travels throughlens 542,mirror 543,lens 544,mirror 545,lens 546,mirror 547, andlens 548 in sequence, and then entersdichroic mirror 531. Next, fluorescence L21 is reflected ondichroic mirror 531 to head tolight source unit 510. That is, fluorescence L21 has a wavelength different from that of blue back-surface incident light L2 that has undergone conversion of its wavelength byphosphor film 140 d, where it is only required that the wavelength is that of light reflected ondichroic mirror 531. - Hence, there is no blue light that enters
rod integrator 550 simultaneously with fluorescence L11. This prevents blue light from being mixed into fluorescence, which allows emitting colors with high color purity to be emitted. - Projection display apparatus
- Hereinafter, a description is made of the configuration of a projection display apparatus according to this embodiment using
FIG. 7 . -
FIG. 7 illustrates the configuration ofprojection display apparatus 700 according to the embodiment. The embodiment exemplifies a case whereprojection display apparatus 700 emits red, green, and blue light successively as image light following the rotation ofphosphor wheel 100. - As shown in
FIG. 7 ,projection display apparatus 700 includeslight source device 500, digital micro-mirror device (DMD) 730,total reflection prism 720,projection lens 740, and some other lenses. - In this embodiment,
projection display apparatus 700 incorporateslight source device 500 according to either the fifth or sixth embodiment. -
Light source device 500 successively emits red, green, and blue light, each uniformized and having high color purity. As shown inFIG. 7 , they are propagated throughlens 711,lens 712,lens 713, andtriangular prism 721 astotal reflection prism 720, and then enterDMD 730. - In this embodiment,
projection display apparatus 700 incorporates one DMD, which isDMD 730.DMD 730 is composed of some minute mirrors, which are movable. Each minute mirror basically corresponds to one pixel.DMD 730 changes the angle of each minute mirror in response to an image signal (modulating operation) to change whether or not light is reflected towardprojection lens 740. - An image signal fed to
DMD 730 is synchronized with the rotation ofphosphor wheel 100, andDMD 730 expresses gradation of red, green, and blue light correspondingly to time when they successively enterDMD 730. - An image light generated by modulation by
DMD 730 passes throughtriangular prisms projection lens 740. The image light that has enteredprojection lens 740 is enlarged/projected onto a screen (unillustrated). - Hereinbefore, the description is made of the first through seventh embodiments for exemplification of the technologies in the disclosure. However, these technologies are not limited to the embodiments, but are also applicable to embodiments that have undergone change, substitution, addition, and/or omission. Besides, some components described above can be combined to create a new embodiment.
- Hereinafter, other embodiments are exemplified.
- In the embodiments first to fourth, exemplification is made of a case where
substrate 110 ofphosphor wheel 100 is produced from metal and angle region θB is provided withopening 130. Otherwise, a case may be accepted wheresubstrate 110 is made of a glass plate and angle region θB made of glass has an antireflection film formed on its surface. - In the fifth and sixth embodiments,
dichroic mirror 531 oflight source device 500 uses a material that transmits blue light and reflects other colors. Conversely, the following arrangement may be made. That is,dichroic mirror 531 uses a material that reflects blue light and transmits other colors, and accordingly the disposition oflight source unit 510,lens 521,lens 522 anddiffusion plate 523, andlens 534 androd integrator 550 is appropriately changed. - In the fifth and sixth embodiments,
rod integrator 550 oflight source device 500 is a solid rod made of a transparent material such as glass. Otherwise,rod integrator 550 may be a hollow rod with its inner wall formed of mirror surfaces. - In the seventh embodiment, a projection display apparatus using one DMD is exemplified as
projection display apparatus 700. Otherwise,image display device 700 may be a projection display apparatus using two DMDs. In this case, the following optical configuration can be made for example. That is, an appropriate color separation element is used to introduce red and blue light to one DMD and green light to the other DMD. Besides, an element that separates yellow light into red and green light simplifiesphosphor film 120 ofphosphor wheel 100 as a single yellow phosphor film. - The present disclosure is applicable to a projection display apparatus such as a projector.
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